Senior member of the Crown Prosecution Service charged over '£1m taxi con'

Senior member of the Crown Prosecution Service charged over '£1m taxi con'

A SENIOR member of the Crown Prosecution Service has been charged over an alleged £1million taxi scam.

PUBLISHED: 07:02, Thu, Feb 28, 2013

Burrows and the other member of staff conspired together to commit fraud

Lisa Joanne Burrows, a finance manager at its West Midlands offices, was charged last night with conspiracy to commit fraud over alleged false taxi claims for witnesses.

Another unnamed administrative assistant from the same office is also due to be charged with fraud.

Burrows, 41, from Birmingham, is due to appear at the city's magistrates' court today.

Lisa Joanne Burrows as charged last night with conspiracy to commit fraud

In a statement Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of special crime for the CPS, said: "The charges relate to an allegation that Burrows and the other member of staff, on or before February 27 2013, conspired together to commit fraud by false representation by submitting to the Crown Prosecution Service false claims for witness care taxi services to the value of at least £1million when no such services had been supplied."

The CPS prosecutes criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales.